2019 Stanford Cardinal baseball team

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2019 Stanford Cardinal baseball
Stanford Cardinal logo.svg
Stanford Regional champions
Conference Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
CB No. 10
Record45–14 (20–6 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Thomas Eager (2nd season)
  • Tommy Nicholson (2nd season)
  • Jack Marder (2nd season)
Home stadium Klein Field at Sunken Diamond
Seasons
← 2018
2020  →
2019 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 7 UCLA  ‍†‍‍y24–5–0 .82852–11–0 .825
No. 10 Stanford  ‍‍‍y22–7–0 .75945–14–0 .763
Oregon State  ‍‍‍y21–8–0 .72436–20–1 .640
California  ‍‍‍y17–11–0 .60732–20–0 .615
Arizona State  ‍‍‍y16–13–0 .55238–19–0 .667
Arizona  ‍‍‍15–14–0 .51732–24–0 .571
USC  ‍‍‍13–15–1 .46625–29–1 .464
Washington  ‍‍‍12–17–0 .41428–24–0 .538
Oregon  ‍‍‍10–19–0 .34527–29–0 .482
Utah  ‍‍‍6–24–0 .20016–33–0 .327
Washington State  ‍‍‍3–25–1 .12111–41–1 .217
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of July 16, 2019 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2019 Stanford Cardinal baseball team represented Stanford University in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinal play their home games at Klein Field at Sunken Diamond under second year coach David Esquer.

Contents

Previous season

The Cardinal finished 46-12 overall with a 22-8 conference record. They started the 2018 season 10-0 with sweeps over Cal-State Fullerton and Rice and then finishing the regular season winning the Pac-12 conference and the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Ranked 1 in the Cal State Fullerton Super Regional, the Cardinal beat Wright State and Baylor, but would lose to Cal State Fullerton twice, throughout the Super Regional, losing the Regional.

2018 MLB Draft

The Cardinal had five individuals selected in the 2018 MLB draft. [2]

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
Nico Hoerner Shortstop 124 Chicago Cubs
Kris Bubic Pitcher 140 Kansas City Royals
Tristan Beck Pitcher 4112 Atlanta Braves
Beau Branton Second base 28838 Seattle Mariners
Duke Kinamon* Second base 341010 New York Mets

Roster

2019 Stanford Cardinal roster
 

Pitchers

  • 18 Cody Jensen – Freshman
  • 20 Brendan Beck – Sophomore
  • 26 Erik Miller – Junior
  • 27 Carson Rudd – Sophomore
  • 28 Alex Williams – Freshman
  • 30 Zach Grech – Junior
  • 33 Jack Little - Junior
  • 34 Luke Sleeper – RS-Sophomore
  • 36 Jonathan Worley – Junior
  • 38 Ben Baggett – RS-Sophomore
  • 39 Jacob Palisch – Sophomore
  • 40 Nicolas Lopez – Freshman
  • 42 Austin Weiermiller – Sophomore
  • 49 Michael Boden – Senior
 

Catchers

  • 10 Maverick Handley - Junior
  • 16 Vincent Martinez - Freshman

Infielders

  • 5 Austin Kretzschmar – Freshman
  • 6 Zach Sehgal – Sophomore
  • 12 Duke Kinamon – Senior
  • 13 Justin Moore – Freshman
  • 24 Nick Brueser - Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 31 Nick Bellafronto – RS-Junior


 

Outfielders

  • 11 Alec Wilson – Senior
  • 15 Grant Burton – Freshman
  • 21 Tim Tawa – Sophomore
  • 23 Nickolas Oar – RS-Junior
  • 29 Brandon Wulff – Senior
  • 44 Christian Robinson - Sophomore

Utility

  • 2 Christian Molfetta (INF/P/C) – RS-Junior
  • 3 Daniel Bakst (INF/P) - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 7 Brandon Dieter (INF/P) – Freshman
  • 19 Will Matthiessen (P/DH) – Junior
  • 25 Andrew Daschbach (INF/OF) – Junior
  • 37 Kyle Stowers (OF/P) – Junior



Schedule and results

Legend
 Stanford win
 Stanford loss
 Postponement
BoldStanford team member
2019 Stanford Cardinal Baseball Game Log
Regular Season (41–11)
Postseason (4-3)

Stanford Regional

Stanford Regional Teams
(1) Stanford Cardinal(2) UC Santa Barbara Gauchos(3) Fresno State Bulldogs(4) Sacramento State Hornets
First RoundSemi-FinalsFinals
1Stanford11
4Sacramento State0
1Stanford2
3Fresno State7
2Fresno State9
3UC Santa Barbara2
3Fresno State
1Stanford
Lower round 1Lower final
1Stanford12
4Sacramento State64Sacramento State3
2UC Santa Barbara4

Statistics

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOAVGSB
Will Matthiessen, DH/P59216466712012522856.3101
Kyle Stowers, OF/P5521839661919392431.30313
Duke Kinamon, INF501853956120632833.30312
Maverick Hundley, C5922445651335243339.29012
Andrew Daschbach, INF/OF59211556111217462554.2891
Christian Robinson, OF491081631900151524.2878
Brandon Wulff, OF5920654567119424168.2726
Nick Bellafronto, INF4713232341306322841.2581
Tim Tawa, OF582173555100837951.2536
Austin Kretzschmar, INF141236010112.5000
Nickolas, Oar, OF151735001217.2940
Vincent Martinez, C7802000002.2500
Nick Brueser, INF37851119602161825.2242
Brandon Dieter, INF/P327271520112617.2080
Alec Wilson, OF3751894017612.1761
Christian Molfetta, OF/INF101222001113.1670
Grant Burton, OF5210000113.0000
Zach Sehgal, INF2100000000.0000

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERHRBBK
Brandon Dieter000.001001.1000001
Austin Weiermiller602.45250233.02511911741
Alex Williams812.561410063.15323183843
Carson Rudd002.95150021.1178701114
Jack Little323.372501242.235171641155
Erik Miller833.481616082.2683832646102
Cody Jensen103.55202133.028141331132
Brendan Beck543.631716091.2102413762583
Zach Grech203.68320144.04720184728
Will Matthiessen623.83168154.048232361956
Jacob Palisch524.79267056.167333042148
Nicolas Lopez1015.001003.0455134
Ben Baggett0036.002001.0244230

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
( ) = First place votes.
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches' [5] 1212*1254 (1) 3 (1) 3 (1) 2 (3) 5333334331010
Baseball America [6] 777433322222333331010
Collegiate Baseball^ [7] 5581188643223433331010
NCBWA† [8] 8810533222422333331010
D1Baseball121211643325432234431010

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

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